womens basketball

By Jackie Monarrez |Staff Writer|
That's a wrap on the women's basketball normal season.
The Coyotes had the honor of finishing their last two regular season games on their home turf of the Coussoulis Arena.
Coyotes' first game of the weekend was against Sonoma State Seawolves on Feb. 26.
However, the Seawolves won this game 57 to 48.
Senior Alexcia Mack shined in her second to last game of her regular season college career by scoring a high of 19 points and shooting two 3-pointers in the first quarter.
Mack was the only Coyote who was able to reach double digits in scoring against the Seawolves.
The Coyotes started out the game just right by taking a 19-11 lead in the … [Read more...] about Women’s basketball advances to second round of playoffs

By Jackie Monarrez Staff Writer
The Coyote women's basketball team put up an excellent fight against the UC San Diego Tritons on Feb. 6 at the Coussoulis Arena but unfortunately fell short with a 65-58 defeat.
The loss to the Tritons made the Coyotes overall record 10-10 and 7-8 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).
Player of the game for the Coyotes was senior Chelsea Barnes, who led the Coyotes with 20 points. Another leader in the game was senior Adriana Brodie who scored 18 points.
The two seniors did their best to bring home the victory for the Coyotes.
The Coyotes out shot the Tritons but the Tritons were superior when it came to their 3-pointers and … [Read more...] about Women’s basketball drops game to UCSD

By Nathaniel Lastrapes |Staff Writer|
The Coyotes handily defeated the San Francisco State Gators 80-53 on Thursday night, in an exciting game for the home team at the Coussoulis Arena.
This victory improves the Coyote's conference record to 9-4, with junior guard Briana Harden scoring 18 points and an impressive 15 rebounds in the rout of the Gators.
Excited from the win, senior guard Briana Baker said, "Our focus was to take them serious. We didn't, but we need to take things one game at a time. We've beaten them before and we knew we could beat them again."
The Coyotes appeared locked in from warm-ups, prepared to avenge their recent loss against Cal Poly Pomona, and take … [Read more...] about Coyote Women Defeat Gators

By Nathaniel Lastrapes |Staff Writer|
The Coyotes defeated the CSU Monterey Bay Otters 75-53 in an blowout Thursday night at Coussoulis Arena extending their winning streak to three games, their second longest of the season, and improving their overall record to 10-3.
The Coyotes jumped to a quick start as they took the lead early from the tip-off, and never looked back, dominating the Otters for the entire game.
CSUSB Junior Briana Harden lead the Coyotes in scoring with 18 points and also added seven rebounds in the win on Thursday night.
"We passed the ball really well, we ran our sets, we did exactly what we do at practice," said Harden, "we're really, really small, but … [Read more...] about Coyote Women’s basketball on fire

By Kirolles Guirguis |Staff Writer|
The Coyotes women's basketball team suffered a loss in overtime against the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos on Saturday night. The game came down to the last minute as the Broncos squeezed out a 76-73 victory.
The Coyotes scored consistently and played aggressively throughout the entire game, which was more prevalent in the fourth quarter.
With five seconds left on the clock, sophomore Alexcia Mack made a deep three-pointer from the top of the key to take the game into overtime.
The Coyotes were able to close the gap to 73-74, but were unable to take the lead.
With 13 seconds left on the clock, Broncos guard Tyler Woods was fouled by senior Trinidee … [Read more...] about Womens basketball face Broncos

By Erin Campbell |Staff Writer|
CSUSB is proud to present the 4th Annual Yotie Gras Homecoming Week.
This special week is scheduled with many events where students can come together for a fun time and to relieve some stress.
The schedule of events starts off with a pre-homecoming celebration at the basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 1.
CSUSB will play Cal Poly Pomona in the Coussoulis Arena. Women play at 5:30 p.m. and men play at 7 p.m.
Homecoming Week officially starts Monday, Feb. 17 with the Copper Chef Competition located in Obershaw Dining Room A at 5:30 p.m.
Four teams of chefs will be competing for the most votes based on their presented entrees.
Opportunities … [Read more...] about Homecoming 2014 is in the works

By Brandon Landrum |Staff Writer|
The CSUSB women’s basketball team split their two game road trip in Northern California this past weekend.
The Coyotes played the Gators of CSU San Francisco on Jan. 17 and the Seawolves of CSU Sonoma on Jan. 18 as part of their two game road trip.
Friday night, the Coyotes visited “The Swapp” as they played their first game in San Francisco against the Gators.
The Coyotes played a tough and physical game, however the outcome was not in their favor as they lost 49-58.
In the first half, the Coyotes got off to a slow start, but the ladies quickly fixed their mistakes and bounced back to go into halftime trailing 26-34.
They got back into the game by … [Read more...] about Coyote Woman fighting for number one

By Inno Sita |Staff Writer|
The basketball team is giving teams a run for their money stepping up their game after a two-game losing streak.
The Coyotes suffered another closing game on Nov. 17 against the UC San Diego Tritons, losing to 70-65.
On the first half, senior Tayllor Gipson and sophomore Alexcia Mack both played guard and were unstoppable on the first half, catching as many rebounds and trying not to lose the ball.
Both juniors Briana Baker and Mack played guard and had an incredible three pointers during the night.
The Coyotes fired up the court when sophomore Jenna Klein shot three points with 2:25 minutes left on the clock along with an assist by Gipson, forcing … [Read more...] about Coyotes find strength in defeat

By Erin Leach |Staff Writer|
The Coyote Women's Basketball team dominated on the court this past Friday night, January 11, against CSU Stanislaus.
With a 66-42 victory under their belt, the team took a heavy blow the following night when they lost Saturday to CSU Chico with a score of 62-56.
"We played a complete game against Stanislaus, but needed to shoot the basketball better against Chico. Our offensive execution in the last five minutes of the Chico game was not good," said Head Coach Kevin Becker.
Becker may be referring to the teeth-clenching last minutes of the game when our Coyotes seemed unable to score until after the Warriors had taken the lead and there was only … [Read more...] about Women’s basketball execution brings home win

By Anthony Morales |Staff Writer|
Eliza Dy, 23-year-old alumni point guard at CSUSB, has made a major comeback by scoring a career-high of 30 points against Cal Poly Pomona after recovering from ACL surgery.
Despite the injury that occurred seven months ago while practicing, she’s back and determined to overcome and play ball harder than ever before.
“It’s a big accomplishment after coming off ACL surgery,” said Dy.
Taking time off to heal her injury has caused Dy to miss conditioning season, which included training in the summer, hitting the gym and improving her game. Coming back early into the game has motivated her to push and compete harder to be on the same level as her … [Read more...] about Dy: Mother and athlete overcomes injury